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Cannes: Cinefondation Selection Winner Announced

"Skunk" topped the competition of 16 student films.

As the Cannes Film Festival winds down, the 17th Cinefondation Selection winners were announced May 22, with the top prize going to Skunk, by University of Texas at Austin student Annie Silverstein.

The Cinefondation and Short Films Jury, headed by Abbas Kiarostami and including Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Noemie Lvovsky, Daniela Thomas and Joachim Trier, awarded the 2014 Cinefondation prizes during a ceremony held in the Bunuel Theatre, followed by the screening of the winning films.